Michael Clarke hit a brilliant counter-attacking ton to shift the balance of the match in Australia's favour at the end of an intriguing opening day of the first Test in Chennai. R. Ashwin had earlier wreaked havoc on the Australian batsmen and was rewarded with 6 wickets for his efforts.

India crushed England by a whopping margin of 127 runs in the 2nd ODI at Kochi to draw level the 5-match series at 1-1. Cameos from MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja soared the Indian total to a commanding 285/6 before an inspiring spell of swing and seam bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who picked up 3 wickets, wrecked the England middle order and put the total beyond their reach.

Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel wreaked havoc with the new ball and blew apart the New Zealand middle and lower order within a session on Day 4 to register a crushing victory by an innings and 193 runs in the 2nd and final Test at Port Elizabeth, thereby sweeping the series 2-0.

New Zealand were reduced to a pathetic 47/6 at stumps on Day 2 at Port Elizabeth. Dale Steyn, Rory Kleinveldt and Robin Peterson picked up 2 wickets each after Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar all hit fantastic tons to set a mammoth 525/8 for the Proteas in their 1st innings.

South Africa took the opening day honours in the 2nd and final Test at Port Elizabeth. Hashim Amla completed his 19th Test ton and with useful contributions from skipper Graeme Smith, vice-captain AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, helped the home team reach a commanding 325/4 at close of play on Day 1.

Pakistan defeated India by a whopping margin of 85 runs in the 2nd ODI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to clinch the 3 match series 2-0. Nasir Jamshed hit a splendid 2nd consecutive century in the series before the bowlers produced an outstanding display to skittle out a woeful Indian batting line-up.

Nikhil Narain

Cricket has been a childhood passion - the game's my religion, it means everything to me. I have dreamt many a match only to wake up to the 'actual' one the next day! It had always been a dream to combine my love and knowledge of cricket with my education and skill set in Mathematics and Statistics and get involved in number crunching and working out interesting cricket statistics and write articles on the same.